World - high-flier
The magnetic pull of Scandinavia - The Independent
24 May 2012, 5:21 am
Denmark’s DTU is a
high-flier in the Leiden Ranking, which measures scientific performance across 500 universities world- wide: the institution comes seventh in Europe, and first in Scandinavia. Perhaps the most appealing number to students from the UK ...
Victim was a high flier - AsiaOne
20 May 2012, 5:22 pm
SINGAPORE - He was an equity analyst with Japanese global investment banking group Nomura Securities. Mr Inada Takanori, 31, was also said to be Japan's first and only analyst solely dedicated to the housing equipment industry. The Straits Times reported ...
high-flier first to die of P overdose - New Zealand Herald
17 May 2012, 1:22 pm
A successful insurance executive is the first person in New Zealand to die from a methamphetamine overdose, the New Zealand Drug Foundation says. Lisa Jane McMillan, 39, was found dead at her Lower Hutt home by her brother after she failed to turn up to ...
The Chongqing Economy: An Illustrated Primer - Wall Street Journal
16 May 2012, 11:31 pm
The fall of disgraced former Communist Party
high-flier Bo Xilai has put the economy of Chongqing, the southwestern mega-city he ruled from 2007 until March this year, under the microscope. A gross domestic product that nudged past 1 trillion ...
The Smart Money miss on Green Mountain - Marketwatch
7 May 2012, 11:03 am
It is now old news that one-time
high-flier Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ:GMCR) crashed painfully to earth last week. GMCR was brutalized after reporting earnings Wednesday afternoon and was socked by as much as 50% Thursday.